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Semic Press
Semic Press is a Swedish comic book publishing company that operated from 1963 to 1997. Known for original comics as well as translated American and European titles, Semic was for a long time the country's largest comic book publisher. For many years, Semic published the official translations of American (mostly) superhero comics produced by DC Comics and Marvel Comics. The Semic Group had divisions in a number of European countries — mostly to distribute translated American comics — including Spain, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.
Original titles published by Semic included Bobo, Bamse, FF med Bert, and Swedish treatments of James Bond and The Phantom.
In 1997 Semic was sold to the Danish media house Egmont.
Semic Press was the comics division of the Swedish publisher Åhlén & Åkerlunds, which was founded in 1906 by Johan Petter Åhlén (1879–1939) and Erik Åkerlund (1877–1940). Åhlén & Åkerlunds published such long-running titles as Vecko-Journalen ('Weekly Record'), Allt för alla ('Everything for everyone'), Allt för alla denna vecka ('Everything for everyone this week'), Året Runt ('Year-round'), Levande livet ('Living life'), Vårt hem ('Our home'), and Veckorevyn. Although many of these periodicals published comics, they usually made up less than 50% of the total pages.
Semic Press was preceded by three prior comics imprints: Alga (1942–1950), Serieförlaget (1950–1955), and Åhlén & Åkerlunds Youth Magazines (1955–1962).
Åhlén & Åkerlunds began publishing comics in earnest in 1942 with Veckans serier ('Weekly series'), a weekly anthology of comic strips published under the Alga imprint. Alga also published the quarterly anthology Algas serietidning ('Alga's comic book') (1947–1950), which often featured Buffalo Bill on the cover.
Under its own name, Åhlén & Åkerlunds started publishing Lee Falk's The Phantom (as Fantomen) beginning with an annual album series in 1944 that is still being published as of 2025.
From 1950 to 1955, the Alga imprint was followed by Serieförlaget ('Comics publisher'), which launched Fantomen as a comic book series as well as launching Blondie, Tarzan, and Buffalo Bill.
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Semic Press
Semic Press is a Swedish comic book publishing company that operated from 1963 to 1997. Known for original comics as well as translated American and European titles, Semic was for a long time the country's largest comic book publisher. For many years, Semic published the official translations of American (mostly) superhero comics produced by DC Comics and Marvel Comics. The Semic Group had divisions in a number of European countries — mostly to distribute translated American comics — including Spain, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.
Original titles published by Semic included Bobo, Bamse, FF med Bert, and Swedish treatments of James Bond and The Phantom.
In 1997 Semic was sold to the Danish media house Egmont.
Semic Press was the comics division of the Swedish publisher Åhlén & Åkerlunds, which was founded in 1906 by Johan Petter Åhlén (1879–1939) and Erik Åkerlund (1877–1940). Åhlén & Åkerlunds published such long-running titles as Vecko-Journalen ('Weekly Record'), Allt för alla ('Everything for everyone'), Allt för alla denna vecka ('Everything for everyone this week'), Året Runt ('Year-round'), Levande livet ('Living life'), Vårt hem ('Our home'), and Veckorevyn. Although many of these periodicals published comics, they usually made up less than 50% of the total pages.
Semic Press was preceded by three prior comics imprints: Alga (1942–1950), Serieförlaget (1950–1955), and Åhlén & Åkerlunds Youth Magazines (1955–1962).
Åhlén & Åkerlunds began publishing comics in earnest in 1942 with Veckans serier ('Weekly series'), a weekly anthology of comic strips published under the Alga imprint. Alga also published the quarterly anthology Algas serietidning ('Alga's comic book') (1947–1950), which often featured Buffalo Bill on the cover.
Under its own name, Åhlén & Åkerlunds started publishing Lee Falk's The Phantom (as Fantomen) beginning with an annual album series in 1944 that is still being published as of 2025.
From 1950 to 1955, the Alga imprint was followed by Serieförlaget ('Comics publisher'), which launched Fantomen as a comic book series as well as launching Blondie, Tarzan, and Buffalo Bill.